Enroll today for Social Transformation Beyond Pragmatism and Utopia, a three-session seminar that will explore theoretical and practical dilemmas posed by the tension between utopia and pragmatism in communalism’s political vision. Taught by long-time ISE affiliate Robert Ogman, the course will meet Thursdays at 1 pm EST on April 26, May 3, and May 17.

An article by ISE board member Brian Tokar, featured in the Winter 2018 issue of ROAR Magazine with an overall theme of System Change: "To address the full magnitude of the climate crisis and maintain a habitable planet for future generations we need to shatter the myths of capitalist growth once and for all."

The meeting aimed to open up a space for debate among political and social critics, to give visibility to local struggles and alternative forms of political organization, and to make links between all these currents via the frameworks of social ecology and libertarian municipalism.

• Based in north-central Vermont, the Institute for Social Ecology has offered experiential radical education and support for grassroots organizing and community-building for more than 40 years.
• Social Ecology advocates a reconstructive and transformative outlook on social and environmental issues, and promotes a directly democratic, confederal politics. Social Ecology envisions a moral economy that moves beyond scarcity and hierarchy, toward a world that reharmonizes human communities with the natural world, while celebrating diversity, creativity and freedom.

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There's still time to register for our Annual Gathering next week, Aug. 17-19, in Marshfield, VT! Join us and comrades from across the globe as we discuss building a free and ecological society via the theme Building Municipalist Movements! ... See MoreSee Less

The Institute for Social Ecology cordially invites you to our 2018 Annual Gathering for a weekend of engaging political discussion, great food, and socializing in Marshfield, Vermont. The gathering is a unique opportunity to renew the Social Ecology community in person, restore old friendships and m...

Excellent rejoinder to the elitist assumptions about democracy, capitalism, and "human nature" behind the recent piece on climate change in the New York Times.

"It’s not that a more democratic world would magically make action on climate easy. Democracy is hard at the best of times, and climate change is a hideously daunting problem. But it’s also one of the only things that has historically proved capable of limiting capitalism’s drive to expand at all costs to human life and other kinds." ... See MoreSee Less